Take two pounds of scrag of mutton, let it lay in some cold water for an hour, to take the blood out, then put it in a saucepan, with three quarts of water, a teaspoonful of salt, and three of the best grits, a large onion, some thyme and knotted marjoram; then set it on a slow fire, and mind you skim it well: when you have taken all the scum off, then put in three turnips, and let it simmer for a couple of hours, and strain through a clean and sweet sieve.

Observations

You may thicken broth, by boiling with it a little oatmeal, rice, Scotch or pearl barley.

Mock Mutton Broth, Without Meat, In Five Minutes

Boil two teaspoonsful of mushroom catsup in three quarters of a pint of very thin gruel. Season with a little salt.